Proverbs 11:16
14 Where no counsel is, the people fall: but in the multitude of counsellors there is safety.
15 He that is surety for a stranger shall smart for it: and he that hateth suretiship is sure.
A gracious woman retaineth honour: and strong men retain riches.
17 The merciful man doeth good to his own soul: but he that is cruel troubleth his own flesh.
18 The wicked worketh a deceitful work: but to him that soweth righteousness shall be a sure reward.
Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.
Compare
- BSB
- A gracious woman attains honor, but ruthless men gain only wealth.
- KJV
- A gracious woman retaineth honour: and strong men retain riches.
- WEB
- A gracious woman obtains honor, but violent men obtain riches.
- ASV
- A gracious woman obtaineth honor; And violent men obtain riches.
- DARBY
- A gracious woman retaineth honour; and the violent retain riches.
- BLB
- A woman of grace grasps honor, and the ruthless ones grasp riches.
- ÅB
- En yndig kvinne vinner ære, og voldsmenn vinner rikdom.
- OTB
- En godhjertet kvinne vinner ære, men hensynsløse menn vinner bare rikdom.
- B1930
- En yndig kvinne vinner ære, og voldsmenn vinner rikdom.
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
Proverbs 31:30–31
Favour is deceitful, and beauty is vain: but a woman that feareth the LORD, she shall be praised.
Read in contextLuke 10:42
But one thing is needful: and Mary hath chosen that good part, which shall not be taken away from her.
Read in contextActs 16:14–15
And a certain woman named Lydia, a seller of purple, of the city of Thyatira, which worshipped God, heard us: whose heart the Lord opened, that she attended unto the things which were spoken of Paul.
Read in context1 Samuel 25:32–33
And David said to Abigail, Blessed be the LORD God of Israel, which sent thee this day to meet me:
Read in contextActs 9:39
Then Peter arose and went with them. When he was come, they brought him into the upper chamber: and all the widows stood by him weeping, and shewing the coats and garments which Dorcas made, while she was with them.
Read in contextLuke 8:3
And Joanna the wife of Chuza Herod’s steward, and Susanna, and many others, which ministered unto him of their substance.
Read in contextMatthew 26:13
Verily I say unto you, Wheresoever this gospel shall be preached in the whole world, there shall also this, that this woman hath done, be told for a memorial of her.
Read in context2 John 1:1
The elder unto the elect lady and her children, whom I love in the truth; and not I only, but also all they that have known the truth;
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